Glossary For Learning Poetry Terms-March 5

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Acrostic

Annotate

Haiku

Paraphrase

Imagery

Inference

Meter

Myth

Rhyme

Syllable


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Acrostic:a poem, word puzzle ,or other composition in which certain letter in line from word and words.

Annotate:Add note to giving explanation or comment

Haiku:a Japanese poem of seventeen syllables,in three line of five, seven ,traditionally evoking images of the natural world.

Paraphrase:a restatement of a text, passage ,or work giving the meaning in another form.

imagery:Can aim at a reader’s sense of taste, smell, touch, hearing, or sight through vivi descriptions.

Inference: reach conclusions based on evidence and reasoning.

Meter:systematic rhythm in poetry that is usually repeated.

 myth:traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events.

 Rhyme :the repetition of syllables, typically at the end of a verse line

syllable:A single unit of speech sound as written or spoken



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Add the following Poetry Words and meaning to your Glossary.  Use an online Dictionary and Tag your name.  Copy and paste directly.

Acrostic:a composition usually in verse in which sets of letters (such as the initial or final letters of the lines) taken in order form a word or phrase or a regular sequence of letters of the alphabet

Annotate:to add notes or remarks on a piece of writing

Haiku:haiku, unrhymed poetic form consisting of 17 syllables arranged in three lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables respectively

Paraphrase:to repeat something written or spoken using different words, often in a humorous form or in a simpler and shorter form that makes the original meaning clearer

Inference:a belief or opinion that you develop from the information that you know

Meter:to use meters to measure how much gas, electricity, or water is used

Myth:an ancient story or set of stories, especially explaining the early history of a group of people or about natural events and facts

Rhyme:a word that has the same last sound as another word

Syllable:a single unit of speech, either a whole word or one of the parts into which a word can be separated, usually containing a vowel